A
publication which reports on the well-being of children and youth
in Oklahoma. Data from the Oklahoma KIDS COUNT Factbook is included
on the website for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy at
www.oica.org.

The
National KIDS COUNT Databook is an annual publication that reports
on the well-being of children, youth and families in the United
States. The publication is free and available through: The Annie
E. Casey Foundation, 701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202,
1-410-547-6600, or online at www.kidscount.org.

This
research was funded in part by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
We thank them for their support but acknowledge that the findings
and conclusions presented in this report are those of the author(s)
alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Foundation.

Copyright
2005, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Inc.Permission to copy, disseminate or otherwise use
information from this Factbook is granted as long as acknowledgment
is given to the Oklahoma KIDS COUNT Partnership, a project of
the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. Sources for the data
used in this book, which are listed in the Methodology
& Sources section online at www.oica.org, remain the final
authority regarding the quality and meaning of the data.

Acknowledgements

Oklahoma
KIDS COUNT thanks the many individuals and organizations for their
partnership in preparing this publication. Many individuals at
the respective agencies assisted with this endeavor.